Handbook for attendants on the insane.

Date:
1908
Catalogue details

Licence: In copyright

Credit: Handbook for attendants on the insane. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    drowning, suffocation, burning or scalding, poisoning. Artificial respiration. Nursing and Care of the Insane.—Responsibility of attendants. Management of the bodily condition—Cardinal principles, general duties, ventilation of rooms, cleanliness and order, reports of symptoms of illness, examination and observation of patients, wet and dirty cases, choking at meals, etc., rules for bathing patients, seclusion, restraint. Management of the mental condition— Observation of the rules of the asylum, routine, dealing with delusions, insane habits, occupation and amusements, liberty and escapes, precautions against suicide and homicide, violent patients, assaults, struggles, and use of force, epileptics, reporting of mental changes. Bearing of attendants to patients, promises to patients. Attendance on the Insane in Private Houses.—Differences between it and asylum attendance, reports to the doctor, responsi- bilities, risks and precautions, bearing towards other inmates of the house.